Christmas past

So, are you thinking about Christmas yet?

The Christmas music has been playing around here

for a few weeks now, and at night I think about how

I'm going to decorate the tree this year!  So for fun,

I thought we would take a look at Christmas past today!

It's interesting to see how the Christmas tree styles

have changed over the years.  So here's three generations

of my family, standing in front of the Christmas tree.

~Christmas 1965~

I love this old German feather tree, and the little village

underneath it!  My mom, (in the photo above with her brothers)

 still puts up this same tree every year in her spare bedroom

with many of the same ornaments!

~Christmas 1988~

Remember the artificial trees with the big fat branches? 

And the gold tinsel and colored, blinking, lights?  The lights

on Christmas trees don't blink anymore.  The photo above is

me with my three brothers.

~Christmas 2010~

Our Christmas tree is loaded with ornaments now.

Each of our kids has their own bagful, and Andy and I

each have some from when we were young.  Each ornament

is a special memory, and it's so fun decorating our tree

each year!  Only a couple more weeks!